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2009-08-11 , 08:45
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
I can NOT understand why I'm forced to have to have a web browser I don't want (MicroB) when I have Tear, an email client I never use (I don't really like checking email on my N800 anyway--but if I were going to, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't use the one it came with) and a host other other applications for which I'd rather use the truly open alternatives for. Did Fremantle change that too? Just hoping so--given what's said, it sounds like it. I hope.
This really just bends down to some bad design decisions, - it is entirely possible to remove applications, except it's not as easy as it could be (due to the way SSU was made in Diablo). In terms of web-browser lock-in, there's another thread where people devise how to unlock it - based on work where we simply asked a developer of MicroB on how it could be done
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